Design Thinking and the Deanly Conversation: Reflections on Conversation, Community, and Agency

Campbell, Katy

Journal of Learning Design, v8 n3 p42-65 2015

The article "Conversation as Inquiry: A Conversation with Instructional Designers" (Campbell, Schwier & Kenny 2006) appeared in the "Journal of Learning Design" Volume 1, Issue 3 in 2006. Nine years on, Professor Katy Campbell, Dean of the Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, reflects upon the arguments articulated in the original co-authored article. Among other things, she describes how in the past 10 years, she has observed a new discourse emerging, one that uses more of the language of autonomy, authenticity, accessibility, conversation and, especially, higher education's moral obligations to the communities of which they are a part. Campbell's reflection is followed by the original article (also see EJ1066474) as it appeared in 2006 with minor edits made.